Operating means for counters



May 12, 1936.

H. FSADGEBURY ET AL OPERATING MEANS FOR COUNTERS 2 Sheets-Sh'et 1 FiledApril 14, 1952 INVENTORS Jffrman 9? Whig flurry BY 2076a; flZQVC'a 0 ATTORNE y May 12, 1936. H. F. SADGEBURY ET AL 2,040,500

OPERATING MEANS FOR COUNTERS Filed April 14, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNE y Patented May 12, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE 2,640,500 vOPERATING MEANS FOR COUNTERS Herman F. Sadgebury and William M. Carroll,

Dayton, Ohio, assignors, by mesne assignments, to Central UnitedNational Bank, Cleveland,

Ohio, as trustee Application April 14, 1932, Serial No. 605,205 9Claims. (Cl. 235-91) This application relates to an operating means forcounters of the well-known Veeder type and,

can be applied to any machine in which there is an operating shaftthatis given one complete rotation for each operation of the machine,such that-operator operated the machine, his counter would register oneand no other counter would be actuated. V

In the drawings: 0 Fig. 1 is a side elevational view partly in crosssection of our invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereofwith 29 certain parts broken away for the sake of clear-;'

ness;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the keys;

and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the lifting as bars. V

A shaft l is given one complete rotation each time the machine isoperated by means of a gear 2, worm 3 and shaft 4. a disk 5 providedwith an eccentric channel 6 so which receives a roller I mounted on apin. carried by a'lever 9 mounted on a shaft Ill. The lever 8 isprovided with an arm I l extending beyond the shaft II, which arm isprovided with a. pin l2 which'engages shoulders I3 on the upper end of35 the lifting bars I4, there being one such bar for each counter. Thelifting bars l4 are provided' with guide slots l5 and I6 and with a keyengaging arm l1- Rods l8 and I! extend through the slots I5 and I6 andsprings extend from an 40 arm 21 of each of the lifting bars to abar 22carried by the fixed frame 23. Each time the shaft I makes itsrevolution the right hand end of the lever 9, as viewed in Fig. 1, islowered and is then raised'so that the pin I2 is first elevated and is45 then depressed. As it is elevated, the springs 22 tend to elevate allof the lifting bars 14. Only one of these lifting bars, however, can beelevated for the operators key 24 is provided with a single slot 25 andlower surfaces 26 and 21. The machine 50 cannot be operated unless thekey 24 has been inserted as is shown in the patent to A. 8, Wheel barseret al., 1,858,813, patented May 17, 1932. The various operators keys areidentical except that the slots 25 are differently positioned. If, for

56 instance, there are six operators, there should be Mounted on theshaft I is scribed by way six counters, 29, 30, 3|, 32 and 33, each ofwhich is provided with an operating arm 34 which carries a pin, 35 whichis received within a bifurcated arm 36 of the respective lifting barsl4. These bifurcated arms 36 are differently wish 5 tioned on thedifferent lifting bars, so that if there Y are, for instance, the sixcounters, one positioned above the other as shown in Fig. 1, thesebifurcated arms would be one above the other and spaced 2. distanceapart corresponding to the 10 spacing of the counters. It is to beunderstood that each ofthe pins-35 of the various arms 35 extend intoone of these bifurcated arms and that there are as many lifting bars Itas there are counters so that when the lifting bar It corl5 respondingto counter 28 is raised, the counter 28 :;-will be actuated but none ofthe othercounters will be actuated. The clerk who is assigned counter 28is given a key having a slot 25v therein which, when the key isinserted, will overlie go the key engaging arm I! of the lifting b'ar l4corresponding to his counter so that when the pin I2 is raised the keyengaging .arm M will be moved upwardly into the slot 25 so that thespring 20 connected to the lifting bar l4 correg5 sponding to hiscounter will be raised. The lower surfaces 26 and Hot his key preventany other of the lifting bars from being raised and, therefore, hiscounter and no other will be operated.

All of the lifting bars are identical except that 30 the bifurcated armsare differently positioned and the lifting bar connected to the highest,counter 23 is provided'with an upper extension 21. Ohviously thisextension is provided because the other lifting bars do not extend thathigh. 5

We realize that many changes may be made in the specific form of thisinvention shown and deof illustration in this application and we,therefore, reserve the right to make such changes in the specific formof the inven- 40 tion as shown herein as we may find to be desirable.We, therefore, claim 0 the invention broadly except as we may limitourselves by the appended claims.

Having now described our inventiomwe claim:

1. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality of keysdiffering the one from the other and corresponding in number tothenumber of counters, a plurality of slides,-there being one slide foreach counter, means connecting each slide to its corresponding counter,and means carried by said keys to prevent the actuation of all ofsaidslides except the slide corremonding to the key inserted.

2. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of slide for each counter, meanshaving different counters, a plurality of slides, there being oneoperatively connecting each slide to its counter, a projection carriedby each slide, keys having flat surfaces adapted to overlie and lockagainst operation all of said projections except the one correspondingto the key inserted, an operating mechanism, and

means controlled by the, mechanism to operate only the slide and countercorresponding to the key inserted.

3. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality ofslides, there being one slide ior each counter, means operativelyconnecting each slide to its counter, a projection carried by eachslide, keys having flat surfaces adapted to overlie and lock againstoperation all 01' said projections except the one corresponding to thekey inserted, an operating mechanism, means controlled by the mechanismto operate only the slide and counter corresponding to the key inserted,and to restore the operated slide to its normal position after itscounter is operated.

4. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality ofslides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide foreach counter, an operating mechanism, means tending to operate all ofsaid slides and counters when'the operating mechanism is actuated, keyshaving diilerent contours and corresponding in number to the number ofslides'and counters, and means carried by each key to lock againstoperation all of said slides except the one corresponding to the keyinserted.

5. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality ofslides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide foreach counter, an operating mechanism, springs tending'to operate all ofsaid slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, keyscontours and corresponding in number to the number of slides andcounters, and means carried by each key to lock against operation alloi! said slides except the one corresponding to the key inserted.

6.'In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plm'ality ofslides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide foreach counter, an operating mechanism, means tending to operate all ofsaid slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, keyshaving diirerent contoursand corresponding in number to the number ofslides and counters, means carried by each key to lock against operationall of said slides except the one corresponding to the key inserted, andmeans forming a part of the operating mechanism to restore the selectedslide to its normal position after its counter has been actuated. 7. Ina counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality oi slidesoperatively connected to said counters, there being one slide for eachcounter, an operating mechanism, means tending to operate all of saidslides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, 2. lugcarried by each slide, keys, each 01 which is provided with a surfaceadapted to engage and lock against operation all of said slides exceptthe one corresponding to the key inserted, each oi said keys beingprovided with a notch into which the lu oi the slide corresponding tothe key inserted will pass when the slide is operated.

8. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality ofslides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide foreach counter, an operating mechanism, means 2 tending to operate all ofsaid slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, a lugcarried by each slide, keys, each oi which is provided with a surfaceadapted to engage and lock against operation all one corresponding tothe key inserted, each of said keys being provided with a notch intowhich the lug oi the slide corresponding to the key inserted will passwhen the slide is operated, and means forming a part 9. In a countingmechanism, a plurality of counters and corresponding operating means,means connecting each counter to its'operating means, insertable keys,there being one key for each counter and operating means, a drivingmechanism, means'controlled mechanism tendin to operate all of theoperating means for the counters each time the driving mechanism isoperated, and means carried by the key inserted to prevent the actuationof all of said counters except the counter corresponding to the insertedkey. v

HERMAN F. SADGEBUTRY. WILLIAM M. CARROLL.

of said slides except the 3 oi the operating mechanism to 3, restore theselected slide to its normal position after its counter has beenactuated.

by the operating

